3 Lashkar terrorists killed in encounter in south Kashmir

Security forces today gunned down three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in an encounter that lasted for over six hours in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. The encounter started last evening in Kakapora area of Pulwama following intelligence input that three local boys, who had joined militant ranks in banned Lashker-e-Taiba terror group, were holed up in a house located in a densely populated locality, a police official said.